Official: Oliver Bearman on the Haas throughout the Interlagos weekend

It was in’the air, now è official: at Interlagos Oliver Bearman will not only compete in the sprint with Haas in place of Kevin Magnussen, but will also participate in qualifying and the race of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

The Dane has suffered an unspecified ailment from the team that will force him to skip the Sao Paulo race weekend. Bearman, on the other hand, who è third driver for both Ferrari and Haas, which è is powered by power units from the Maranello-based manufacturer, will contest his third rainbow Grand Prix.

A 19-year-old Briton, Bearman è became the first driver in Formula 1 history to score points in the first two races he competed in. In Saudi Arabia on March 9 he replaced Carlos Sainz, who underwent surgery for appendicitis, in the Ferrari, finishing seventh, while on Sept. 15 in Azerbaijan he took the place of the disqualified Magnussen, placing tenth.

Bearman also is competing in Formula 2 in Team Prema. In Formula 1 he has also participated in seven race weekends as a third driver, two in 2023 and five in 2024, six with Haas and the last, last weekend in Mexico City, with Ferrari. In 2025 he will become the official driver of the U.S. team.

Ferrari, Frederic Vasseur focused on weather forecast at Interlagos

This is what Ferrari team principal, Frederic Vasseur, said after qualifying for the sprint race at Interlagos: “È the best we could do today with the set-up we had with this qualifying format. We will try to do a better job tomorrow for real qualifying, but è also a good position for the sprint race”.

“We have won the last two races starting from the second row, I don&#39t know if è a good position, but at least the pace is there’è and we have two cars in the top-5”, added the French manager to Sky Sports microphones.

“The circuit è has been resurfaced but è still the one with the most bumps. Everyone is suffering from that but McLaren probably did a better job and they found a setup that provides more driveability,”, explained Vasseur.

“We’re waiting for the weather forecast for qualifying and the race, we have to keep in mind that Sunday’s race è the most important one in terms of points, so the tire choice will be more about Sunday’s choice than Saturday’s. It will beà a long fight until the end, we will have good races and others probably moreù difficult, meanwhile starting from the second row will beà a good opportunityà”.

At Interlagos Oscar Piastri takes pole position for sprint race

It will beà Oscar Piastri to start in pole position in tomorrow’s sprint race of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix at the Interlagos circuit.

The Australian lapped in 1’08”899 preceding in the order by only 29 thousandths teammate Lando Norris, by 254 Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari, by 320 world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull and by 358 Carlos Sainz in the other Ferrari.

Eliminated in SQ1 are Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, 16th and 19th with the Aston Martins, Esteban Ocon, 17th with the Alpine, Yuki Tsunoda, 18th with the Racing Bulls, and Guanyu Zhou, 20th with the Sauber.

An’excellent exclusion in SQ2 è that of Lewis Hamilton, 11th with Mercedes, the others eliminated are Nico Hulkenberg with Haas, Sergio Perez with Red Bull, Franco Colapinto with Williams and Valtteri Bottas with Sauber.

In SQ3, the soft tires come on the scene and almost everyone chooses to are one try except McLarens and Alexander Albon in the Williams. The two papaya-colored cars will occupy the front row entirely, in second Leclerc and Verstappen, in third Sainz and George Russell’s Mercedes.

Finally in fourth, seventh and eighth, Pierre Gasly in the Alpine and Liam Liam Lawson in the Racing Bulls, in fifth Albon and Oliver Bearman, who for the sprint, but perhaps also for the Grand Prix, replaces Kevin Magnussen in the Haas, and who è been deprived of the time obtained in SQ3 for exceeding track limits.